NUTS-3 PT194 · Portugal
Viseu Dão Lafões
Viseu Dão Lafões generates €5.4bn of GDP across 259.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (9.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Air quality99
Energy cost90
Resilience83
Cost advantage78
Growth momentum74
Talent & skills70
Labour market64
Industrial base62
Quality of life52
Economic base22
Connectivity20
Freight intensity7
Digital readiness5
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth73.8
Livability52.2
Market access25
Economic scale33
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
83
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability65
Labour stability99
Diversification96
Demographic stability72
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
19.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access20
Market access25
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
70
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary72
Lifelong learning82
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers73
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
99
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM108.3 µg/m³
NO21.3 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
52.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety51
Connectivity9.5
Environment99
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
73.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 22.5%Diversified · HHI 1824
Agriculture 4.5%Industry 22.5%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 21.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€5,363M2024
5.6% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Population
259,5902025
1.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Employment
114,2602023
1.3% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Gross value added
€4,664M2024
5.4% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
All indicators · 74 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,664M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€211M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,051M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€931M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€309M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€953M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,500
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,800
2024 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,092M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,154M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,948M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€453M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€56M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€891M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,011M
2023 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,260
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
22,220
2023 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,140
2023 · EU pctl 54
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,789
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
3,909
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
3,098
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.8%
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.9%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.4%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
88.3%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
693,695
2025 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,398 kt
2025 · EU pctl 15
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
155,467
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
75,339
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
28,784
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
1,686
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
3,430
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
332 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
369 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 10
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 11
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
498 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 2
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
1
2024 · EU pctl 0
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
83
2024 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 5
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